This document provides instructions for a photocopiable classroom activity to practice personality adjectives. The activity involves students working in pairs to match pictures of people with the correct adjectives by asking their partner questions. It outlines the materials needed, how to demonstrate the activity, and provides the answers for Students A and B.

1. Photocopiable resources – instructions
PHOTOCOPIABLE
© Pearson Education Limited Focus 2 Second Edition
1 What are they like?
(1.1 Vocabulary)
Aim: To practise personality adjectives.
Interaction: Pairs.
Type of activity: Information exchange.
Time: 10 minutes.
Materials: One worksheet per student (A or B).
In class: (1) Divide students into pairs, Student A and
Student B. (2) Give Student A and B their worksheets.
(3) Explain that students have to match the pictures
of the people on their worksheets with the correct
adjectives. Tell them that there are twice as many
adjectives in their boxes as they need. Their partner will
give them clues. They should: read the adjectives in the
box, ask what a person is like, listen to the clue, check
they have understood and write in the answer. (4) Choose
a strong Student B and demonstrate the activity, e.g. A:
What is James like? B: He’s afraid of everything new. He
never says what he thinks to people because he doesn’t
want them to get angry with him. A: So … he’s cowardly?
B: That’s right. (5) If you like, elicit the useful phrases and
write them on the board (What’s … like? So, he/she is …?
That’s right.).
Optional follow-up: Students describe other people
they know, e.g. My aunt is very cheerful and generous.
My brother is sensible, but sometimes he’s
uncommunicative. My mother is never miserable.
Answers:
Student A: James – cowardly; Sara – dishonest; Pete
– hard-working; Sylvia – sensible; Mark – mean; Olivia
– caring
Student B: Lucy – miserable; Ben – generous; Fiona
– disloyal; Dave – cheerful; Helen – outgoing; Rob
– uncommunicative

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© Pearson Education Limited Focus 2 Second Edition
hard-working cowardly sensible outgoing dishonest lazy
cheerful sensitive unkind caring mean irresponsible
CLUES AND ANSWERS FOR STUDENT B
Name and description Confirm
1 Lucy: She’s extremely unhappy. She’s always complaining or in a bad mood. MISERABLE
2 Ben: He always gives people lots of time and money. GENEROUS
3
Fiona: She talks badly about her friends when they are not there. DISLOYAL
4 Dave: He always behaves in a happy, friendly way. He’s always smiling. CHEERFUL
5 Helen: She’s friendly and she enjoys meeting people and talking to new people. OUTGOING
6 Rob: He’s not very willing to talk to people. UNCOMMUNICATIVE
CLUES AND ANSWERS FOR STUDENT A
Name and description Confirm
1
James: He’s afraid of everything new. He never says what he thinks to people
because he doesn’t want them to get angry with him.
COWARDLY
2 Sara: She often tells lies and you can’t trust her. DISHONEST
3 Pete: He always puts a lot of effort into his work. HARD-WORKING
4
Sylvia: She’s very reasonable. She always does the most practical thing. SENSIBLE
5 Mark: He’s cruel and he doesn’t like spending money – especially on other people. MEAN
6 Olivia: She’s kind, sympathetic and helpful to other people. CARING
outgoing modest arrogant uncommunicative selfish generous
uncooperative disloyal grumpy cheerful lazy miserable
James is
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Sara is
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Sylvia is
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Pete is
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Mark is
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Olivia is
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Lucy is
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Ben is
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Dave is
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Fiona is
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Helen is
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Rob is
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Student A
Student B
Resource 1 What are they like?
1.1 Vocabulary (personality)